New York (CNN Business) A version of this article first appeared in the "Reliable Sources" newsletter. "All too often, the people responsible for protecting the public do not appear to understand how information moves in the internet era. Meanwhile, people who best understand what content is likely to go viral are using that knowledge to mislead." That is the hellish reality of our information ecosystem, as stated by Renée DiResta, the technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory. "Their work is locked in journals, while bloggers produce search-engine-optimized, Pinterest-ready posts offering up their personal viewpoint as medical fact."

Source: CNN May 07, 2020 04:18 UTC